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Tax Alert – High Court Clarifies That the Cost Base of Inherited Property for CGT Purposes Is Its Market Value at the Date of Inheritance

On 5 December 2025, the Supreme Court of Kenya (SCOK) delivered a grounding breaking judgment in Petition No. 12 (E014) of 2022: Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited (now Absa Bank Kenya PLC) v Commissioner for Domestic

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Environment and Land Court Declines to Halt National Land Commission Recommendations in Kakuzi Historical Land Injustice Matter

On 5 December 2025, the Supreme Court of Kenya (SCOK) delivered a grounding breaking judgment in Petition No. 12 (E014) of 2022: Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited (now Absa Bank Kenya PLC) v Commissioner for Domestic

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Environment and Land Court Declines to Halt National Land Commission Recommendations in Kakuzi Historical Land Injustice Matter

On 5 December 2025, the Supreme Court of Kenya (SCOK) delivered a grounding breaking judgment in Petition No. 12 (E014) of 2022: Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited (now Absa Bank Kenya PLC) v Commissioner for Domestic

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The In Duplum Rule in Loan Recovery: High Court Gives Practical Guidance for Lenders

On 5 December 2025, the Supreme Court of Kenya (SCOK) delivered a grounding breaking judgment in Petition No. 12 (E014) of 2022: Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited (now Absa Bank Kenya PLC) v Commissioner for Domestic

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TAX APPEALS TRIBUNAL RULES THAT THE PRINCIPAL COMPONENT OF BAD DEBTS WRITTEN OFF BY LENDERS IS NOT DEDUCTIBLE

On 5 December 2025, the Supreme Court of Kenya (SCOK) delivered a grounding breaking judgment in Petition No. 12 (E014) of 2022: Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited (now Absa Bank Kenya PLC) v Commissioner for Domestic

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RESCUE-ORIENTATION IN ADMINISTRATION PROCEEDINGS; THE CASE OF MOTORHUB VS KCB

On 5 December 2025, the Supreme Court of Kenya (SCOK) delivered a grounding breaking judgment in Petition No. 12 (E014) of 2022: Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited (now Absa Bank Kenya PLC) v Commissioner for Domestic

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SUPREME COURT CASE BRIEF

On 5 December 2025, the Supreme Court of Kenya (SCOK) delivered a grounding breaking judgment in Petition No. 12 (E014) of 2022: Barclays Bank of Kenya Limited (now Absa Bank Kenya PLC) v Commissioner for Domestic

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CASE BRIEF: NGOKONYO & 2 OTHERS V TELKOM KENYA LIMITED [2025] KESC 75 (KLR) SUPREME COURT OF KENYA – JUDGMENT DELIVERED ON 11 DECEMBER 2025

Introduction The Supreme Court of Kenya, sitting as a five-judge bench, was called upon to resolve a question that has troubled Kenyan employment law for decades: whether public officers whose employment is terminated prematurely in the

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Forceful repatriation of refugees a smack in the face of Kenya’s obligations under international law.

‘Migrants and refugees are not pawns on the chessboard of humanity’- Pope FrancisThe Kenyan government has announced its intention to close the Daadab refugee camp by end of year.  The planned closure has elicited different reactions,

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President has leeway to do much more to stem graft than he lets on

“It is my duty to see the Laws executed; to permit them to be trampled upon with impunity would be repugnant to it” – The first President of the United States of America, George Washington in

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